The 2022–23 LFA First Division (known as the Orange First Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 49th season of the LFA First Division (formerly the Liberian Premier League), the top-tier football league in Liberia, since the league's establishment in 1956.
Watanga are the defending champions, having won the 2021–22 season.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season.
To National Second Division Relegated from First Division MC Breweries
From National Second Division Promoted from Second Division Cece United (promoted as champions) Muscat Jubilee
Teams
Stadia and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location StadiumBea MountainGardnersvilleTusa FieldCece UnitedMonroviaAntoinette Tubman StadiumFreeportMonroviaAntoinette Tubman StadiumHeaven ElevenYekepaYekepa StadiumInvincible ElevenGardnersvilleTusa FieldJubileeMonroviaAntoinette Tubman StadiumLISCRMonroviaAntoinette Tubman StadiumLPRC OilersPaynesvilleSamuel Kanyon Doe Sports ComplexMighty BarrolleBuchananDoris Williams StadiumMuscatMonroviaAntoinette Tubman StadiumNimba KwadoSanniquellieSanniquellie Sports StadiumNimba UnitedMount BarclayNorth Star Sports StadiumSandiKakataNancy B Doe Sports StadiumWatangaPaynesvilleSamuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex
Number of teams by county PositionCountyNumberTeams 1Montserrado9Bea Mountain, Cece United, Freeport, Invincible Eleven, Jubilee LISCR, LPRC Oilers, Muscat and Watanga2Nimba3Heaven Eleven, Nimba Kwado and Nimba United3Grand Bassa1Mighty BarrolleMargibiSandi
League table
Results
Season statistics As of 2 February 2023. Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Christopher JacksonLISCR222 Gibson FreemanCece United103 Abraham KuyatehWatanga8 Robin HneyCece United Abdulai BilityBea Mountain Source: Soccerway
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Nyah DahnKimba KwadoInvincible Eleven5–1 (A)24 November 2022
Attendances
Liberian top-flight football league games often take place in front of hundreds of spectators.http://www.frank-jasperneite.de/ The average league attendance was 206 in the 2022-23 season:
# Club Average 1 LISCR 320 2 Watanga FC 283 3 Mighty Barrolle 261 4 Invincible Eleven 255 5 Shaita FC 248 6 Bea Mountain 222 7 LPRC Oilers 203 8 Paynesville FC 202 9 Heaven Eleven 198 10 Nimba Kwado 183 11 Muscat 180 12 Cece United 171 13 Freeport 164 14 Jubilee 150 15 Sandi 132 16 Nimba United 123
References